Grand Central Publishing imprint: 1999 books
Stand for Something
The Battle for America's Soul
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2006
A former nine-time congressman from Ohio and one of the most respected commentators on politics and society, John Kasich believes that traditional American values are in serious danger of being lost. Kasich asserts that this erosion of moral values can be atttributed to, among other things, disappointing...
Twelve Patients
Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital (The Inspiration for the NBC
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
The inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam and in the spirit of Oliver Sacks, this intensely involving memoir from a former medical director is a "humanitarian and heartbreaking tapestry where modern medicine confronts the atrocities of life" (Kirkus Reviews).
Using the plights...
Reason for Hope
A Spiritual Journey
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 1999
From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the new National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a poignant memoir about her spiritual epiphany and an appeal for why everyone can find a reason for hope.
Dr. Jane Goodall's revolutionary study of chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe preserve...
Just Here Trying to Save a Few Lives
Tales of Life and Death from the ER
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2008
An emergency medicine physician for nearly a decade, Dr. Pamela Grim has delivered babies, treated heart attacks, saved car accident victims, comforted the dying, and consoled the living who were left behind. She has worked all over the world, caring for victims of gang life in America's inner cities,...
Feynman's Rainbow
A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2003
For a young physicist struggling to find his place in the world, the relationship that would most profoundly influence his life was with his mentor, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.
This Won't Hurt a Bit
(And Other White Lies): My Education in Medicine and Motherhood
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2011
Michelle Au started medical school armed only with a surfeit of idealism, a handful of old ER episodes for reference, and some vague notion about "helping people."
This Won't Hurt a Bit is the story of how she grew up and became a real doctor.
It's a no-holds-barred account...
Murder on the Home Front
A True Story of Morgues, Murderers, and Mysteries during the London Blitz
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
It is 1941. While the "war of chaos" rages in the skies above London, an unending fight against violence, murder and the criminal underworld continues on the streets below.
One ordinary day, in an ordinary courtroom, forensic pathologist Dr. Keith Simpson asks a keen young journalist...
The Battle for Room 314
My Year of Hope and Despair in a New York City High School
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
THE BATTLE FOR ROOM 314
In a fit of idealism, Ed Boland left a twenty-year career as a non-profit executive to teach in a tough New York City public high school. But his hopes quickly collided headlong with the appalling reality of his students' lives and a hobbled education system unable to...
The Witness Wore Red
The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Rebecca Musser grew up in fear, concealing her family's polygamous lifestyle from the "dangerous" outside world. Covered head-to-toe in strict, modest clothing, she received a rigorous education at Alta Academy, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' school headed...
The Unlikely Disciple
A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2009
The hilarious and heartwarming, respectful and thought-provoking memoir of a college student's semester at Liberty University, the "Bible Boot Camp" for young evangelicals, that will inspire believers and nonbelievers alike.
No drinking.
No smoking.
No cursing.
No dancing.
No R-rated...
Banished
Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
You've likely heard of the Westboro Baptist Church. Perhaps you've seen their pickets on the news, the members holding signs with messages that are too offensive to copy here, protesting at events such as the funerals of soldiers, the 9-year old victim of the...
Mennonite Meets Mr. Right
A Memoir of Faith, Hope, and Love
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
At the end of her bestselling memoir Mennonite in a Little Black Dress,Rhoda Janzen had reconnected with her family roots, though her future felt uncertain. When this overeducated professor starts dating the most unlikely of men-a weight-liftin', church-goin', truck-drivin' rocker named Mitch-she...
by Kitty Kelley
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2009
The #1 New York Times bestselling, controversial portrait of the British royal family -- as told from behind the palace walls -- for fans of Netflix's The Crown and all royal watchers
They are the most chronicled family on the face of the globe. Their every move attracts headlines. Now Kitty...
Meghan
A Hollywood Princess
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
The New York Times bestselling biography of Meghan Markle, the American actress who won Prince Harry's heart.
Women who smash the royal mold have always fascinated the public, from Grace Kelly to Princess Diana. Now acclaimed royal biographer Andrew Morton, the New York Times bestselling author...